Judges 19 · Verse 25

Judges 19:25

But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
Judges 19:25, King James Version

Judges 19:25 in other translations

BSBBut the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
WEBBut the men wouldn’t listen to him; so the man grabbed his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they had sex with her, and abused her all night until the morning. When the day began to dawn, they let her go.
ASVBut the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
YLTAnd the men have not been willing to hearken to him, and the man taketh hold on his concubine, and bringeth her out unto them without, and they know her, and roll themselves upon her all the night, till the morning, and send her away in the ascending of the dawn;
DARBYBut the men would not hearken to him; and the man took his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning; and let her go when the morning-dawn arose.
BBEBut the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.
WebsterBut the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

What does Judges 19:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 So the man took his concubine - The word יחזק yachazek, which we here translate simply took, signifies rather to take or seize by violence. The woman would not go out to them; but her graceless husband forced her to go, in order that he might save his own body. He could have but little love for her, and this was the cause of their separation before. The men of Gibeah who wished to abuse the body of the Levite; the Levite who wished to save his body at the expense of the modesty, reputation, and life of his wife; and the old man who wished to save his guest at the expense of the violation of his daughter; are all characters that humanity and modesty wish to be buried in everlasting oblivion. When the day began to spring - Their turpitude could not bear the full light of the day; and they dismissed the poor woman when the day began to break.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Judges 19:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
אָב֤וּ'a.Vuthey were willingH14
הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ha.'a.na.Shimthe menH582
לִשְׁמֹ֣עַֽlish.Mo.a'to listenH8085
ל֔וֹloto <the> him
וַיַּחֲזֵ֤קvai.ya.cha.Zekand he took holdH2388
הָאִישׁ֙ha.'Ishthe manH376
בְּפִ֣ילַגְשׁ֔וֹbe.Fi.lag.Shoon concubine hisH6370
וַיֹּצֵ֥אvai.yo.Tze'and he brought [her] outH3318
אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemto themH413
הַח֑וּץha.Chutz<the> outsideH2351
וַיֵּדְע֣וּvai.ye.de.'Uand they knewH3045
א֠וֹתָהּ'o.tah<obj.> herH853
וַיִּֽתְעַלְּלוּ\־vai.yit.'a.le.lu-and they abusedH5953
בָ֤הּvah<in> <the> her
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ha.Lay.lahthe nightH3915
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
הַבֹּ֔קֶרha.Bo.kerthe morningH1242
וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּהָvay.sha.le.Chu.haand they let go herH7971
כַּעֲל֥וֹתka.'a.lotjust as came upH5927
הַשָּֽׁחַר\׃ha.Sha.charthe dawnH7837

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Judges 19:25

  • Ephesians 4:19

    Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

  • Hosea 7:4-7

    They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

  • Jeremiah 5:7-8

    How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses. They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

  • Hosea 10:9

    O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.

  • Hosea 9:9

    They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.

  • Genesis 4:1

    And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
knew her.
Ge 4:1
and abused.
Jer 5:7,8; Ho 7:4-7; 9:9; 10:9; Eph 4:19

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Context

  • Judges 19:24

    Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.

  • Judges 19:25

    But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

  • Judges 19:26

    Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.

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Judges 19:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas aquellos hombres no le quisieron oir; por lo que tomando aquel hombre su concubina, sacósela fuera: y ellos la conocieron, y abusaron de ella toda la noche hasta la mañana, y dejáronla cuando apuntaba el alba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais ces gens ne voulurent pas l’écouter; et l’homme saisit sa concubine et la leur amena dehors; et ils la connurent et abusèrent d’elle toute la nuit jusqu’au matin; et ils la renvoyèrent comme l’aurore se levait.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Aber die Männer wollten nicht auf ihn hören. Da ergriff der Mann sein Kebsweib und führte sie zu ihnen hinaus auf die Straße; und sie erkannten sie und mißhandelten sie die ganze Nacht bis an den Morgen; und sie ließen sie gehen, als die Morgenröte aufging.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nolebant acquiescere sermonibus illius: quod cernens homo, eduxit ad eos concubinam suam, et eis tradidit illudendam: qua cum tota nocte abusi essent, dimiserunt eam mane.